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Competency questioned in Native beatings

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By Jim Tiffin
Cibola County Bureau

GRANTS — A preliminary hearing Tuesday in Cibola County Magistrate Court was canceled for Shawn Longoria, who was arrested in June in connection with the beatings of Native Americans in Grants.

District Attorney Lemuel Martinez said defense attorney Gary Fernandez brought up Longoria’s competency to understand what would have been said to him at the hearing.

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